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• [SEVERE WEATHER CHANNEL]
GENERAL OUTLOOK
Dry high pressure will move in from the west through the middle part of the week. A series of two cold fronts will move across the region during the latter half of the week and weekend, ultimately bringing much cooler temperatures into early next week.
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GENERAL FORECAST
(since this is a quick forecast intended to cover the whole county, bear in mind that higher elevations may experience cooler temperatures than this and the lower elevations may experience higher temperatures than those in the forecast)
..TODAY....Mostly sunny this morning, then becoming partly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
..TONIGHT....Mostly clear. Lows in the upper 20s. Winds out of the southwest around 5 mph.
..WEDNESDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the upper 40s. Winds out of the southwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.
..WEDNESDAY NIGHT....Mostly cloudy. Lows in the mid 20s. Winds out of the northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.
..THURSDAY....Mostly sunny. Highs in the lower 40s. Winds out of the northwest 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.
..THURSDAY NIGHT....Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s.
HAZARDOUS WEATHER
Hazardous weather is not expected today or tonight.
Strong wind gusts are possible at elevations above 3500 feet on Wednesday, capable of causing power outages. A Wind Advisory might be necessary.
NEWS UPDATES
(Links aggregated to show what various news outlets are reporting)
State and Local News
• Dashcam catches Sylva official tossing bag of dog poop on police chief's car [WLOS-TV (Asheville, NC)]
• Second Charlotte stabbing fuels GOP calls for immigration crackdown in North Carolina [NC Newsline]
• NC’s Lumbee tribe could get federal recognition under provision of national defense-spending bill [WRAL-TV (Raleigh, NC)]
• Property tax changes for NC? Republicans in House look at relief for homeowners [Raleigh News and Observer]
• Night in Western NC can get cold. 9 things not to leave in your car [Asheville Citizen-Times]
World News
The drastically changing relationship between US and Europe | DW News
• Honduras seeks arrest of ex-President Hernández after Trump pardon [AP News]
Thai FM says Cambodia not ready for peace, no space for diplomacy in current conflict | Inside Story | Al Jazeera
• Liveblog: Thailand-Cambodia fighting spreads along border as death toll rises [BBC News]
• Germany news: Berlin rejects US criticism of Europe [DW News]
• Weaponising secularism: French politicians accused of using ‘laicité’ to target Muslims [France 24]
Russo-Ukraine War
• Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 8, 2025 [Institute for the Study of War]
Will Ukraine be forced to give up land? High-stakes London talks | World News Tonight | TVP World
• Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1384: Russia hits dam supplying water to million-person Kharkiv to disrupt Ukraine’s logistics [Euromaidan Press]
• Trump files for divorce from NATO over Ukraine [Russia Today (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
• EU, UK trying to sabotage Ukrainian peace deal — Russian envoy [TASS (Russian State-Controlled News Outlet)]
National News
Trump, Melania attend National Christmas Tree lighting | Fox News
LISTEN LIVE at 10am: Supreme Court hears challenge to campaign finance limits on political parties | PBS NewsHour
• Paramount Unveils Jared Kushner, Middle East Sovereign Funds As Backers Of Now Hostile WBD Bid; China’s Tencent Out [Deadline]
Trump announces $12 billion in aid for farmers amid trade war | NBC News
• ABC signs Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension, months after temporary suspension [Ground News]
• DC pipe bomb mystery begins to unfurl [The Hill]
• Takeover bid of parent company means limbo for CNN, some fellow cable networks [AP News]
• Trump says America should change football's name so soccer can have it: 'It really doesn't make sense' [Fox News]
• Trump tariffs live updates: Trump unveils $12 billion bailout for US farmers as tariffs bite [Yahoo Finance]
• Trump’s pivot on Nvidia chips gives China a leg up over the U.S. in AI race, analysts say [CNBC]
Nvidia Gets US Nod to Sell Some AI Chips to China | The China Show 12/9/2025 | Bloomberg: The Asia Trade 12/1/25 | Bloomberg Television
Washington Today (12/8/25): POTUS Trump proposes a $12B aid package for farmers | C-SPAN
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Full Broadcast - Dec. 8, 2025 | ABC News
PBS News Hour full episode, Dec. 8, 2025 | PBS News Hour
Technology and Science News
The Level1 Links With Friends Show December 9 2025: Our Lady of Posting Selfies
The Future of YouTube TV, Pluto TV Getting a DVR, and More | Cord Cutters News
• Linux creator Torvalds thinks Elon Musk is 'too stupid' to be working at a tech company [Neowin]
• TWiV 1277: Vaccine talk with Jake Scott [Microbe TV]
• Five years of COVID vaccines: how a breakthrough created a public-heath crisis [Nature]
• AI Craze Just Made Your New PC Build Way More Expensive [It's FOSS News]
• SpaceX launches Starlink satellites on record 32nd flight of Falcon 9 rocket (video) [Space.com]
• Trump Says Nvidia Can Sell the H200 Chip to China [Gizmodo]
• Paramount tries to swipe Warner Bros. from Netflix with a hostile takeover [Ars Technica]
Crypto Currencies
Bitcoin On-Chain Risk | Into the CryptoVerse
• Ninth Defendant Pleads Guilty in $263M Crypto Social-Engineering Scheme [Decrypt]
• 400K Bitcoin have peeled off exchanges since last year: Santiment [Coin Telegraph]
NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) and ASN (Aviation Safety Network) Accident Investigation Pages
• Cirrus SR22T Crash [09/18/2025 - Franklin, NC]
• Crash of N259UP at Louisville-Muhammad Ali International Airport [Aviation Safety Network]
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Published at 6.00am on Tuesday, December 09, 2025
Author: Bobby Coggins
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